OK, moved this one to black tea, there is a shadow under Other for the moment.

It has been quite a few years since I had RC, it was one of my earliest teas, I liked it, then all of a sudden I developed an aversion for overtly smokey teas. Recently I have attempted to be open minded to RC and Lapsang Souchong.

Chip wrote:OK, moved this one to black tea, there is a shadow under Other for the moment.

It has been quite a few years since I had RC, it was one of my earliest teas, I liked it, then all of a sudden I developed an aversion for overtly smokey teas. Recently I have attempted to be open minded to RC and Lapsang Souchong.

Man, I'm putting all my posts in the wrong places. I chose "Other Teas forum" owed to RC being "other (tea)" to the asian teas; greens, Oolangs, and the rest.

My bad....will focus on my navigation better. Do I still have to take five laps around my laptop?

honza wrote:For me is RC only memory now, before 89´not have many loose teas in Czech and this blend is famous, nice pack, import from SSSR But many Tea-houses still make this blend, only Qimen and Lapsang.

This is my recollection of RC, Keemun and Lapsang, creating a much milder version of Lapsang.

Chip wrote:OK, moved this one to black tea, there is a shadow under Other for the moment.

It has been quite a few years since I had RC, it was one of my earliest teas, I liked it, then all of a sudden I developed an aversion for overtly smokey teas. Recently I have attempted to be open minded to RC and Lapsang Souchong.

I hear ya, brother Chip. I took a whiff of just Lapsing and almost feel over.

Chip wrote:OK, moved this one to black tea, there is a shadow under Other for the moment.

It has been quite a few years since I had RC, it was one of my earliest teas, I liked it, then all of a sudden I developed an aversion for overtly smokey teas. Recently I have attempted to be open minded to RC and Lapsang Souchong.

I can't say it is a tea I like, possibly because I don't care for the taste of Lapsang Souchong, which is part of the blend.On the point of blends, it has to be said that there are no hard and fast rules.Manufacturers and retailers do seem to vary their blends to suit own ideas of what it should be like.My comment above is to illustrate that while we may have opinions on a blend from a supplier, it doesn't mean that it can be equally applied to another suppliers product as the blends are likely to vary.For 20+ years I have been using The Tea and Coffee Emporium of UK for my supplies.I like them as they do give advice without prejudice.

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